How to use Chrome Profile in Selenium Webdriver Python 3

Question

So whenever I try to use my Chrome settings (the settings I use in the default browser) by adding

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:\Users\... (my webdriver path)")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path="myPath", options=options)

it shows me the error code

SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes n 16-17: truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape

in my bash. I don't know what that means and I'd be happy for any kind of help I can get. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

The accepted answer is wrong. This is the official and correct way to do it:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument(r"--user-data-dir=C:\path\to\chrome\user\data") #e.g. C:\Users\You\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data
options.add_argument(r'--profile-directory=YourProfileDir') #e.g. Profile 3
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'C:\path\to\chromedriver.exe', chrome_options=options)
driver.get("https://www.google.co.in")

To find the profile folder on Windows right-click the desktop shortcut of the Chrome profile you want to use and go to properties -> shortcut and you will find it in the "target" text box.

Answer 2

To get the path, follow the steps below.

In the search bar type the following and press enter

This will then show all the metadata. There find the path to the profile